Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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The Union Cabinet has approved USD 808 million (₹6,062.45 crore) for a new scheme ‘Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance’ (RAMP).
The new scheme assisted by the World Bank is expected to commence in the financial year of 2022-23. It aims to improve access to market and credit of the MSMEs. It focuses on strengthening institutions and governance of the MSME programme, and support to market access and access to finance.

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Jammu and Kashmir is the first India’s first Union Territory to launch its MyGov platform. It was launched by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
The platform aims for citizen engagement and achieve the goal of ‘Good Governance’. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014. At present, MyGov has more than 2.29 Crore registered users named MyGov Saathis.

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The Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana launched digital platform ‘Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records’ (FASTER).
The platform would be used by the court officials to instantly to send e-copies of the orders to intended parties, through a secured electronic communication channel. It covers all types of orders of the court.

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Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the procurement of 15 indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) at a cost of ₹ 3,887 crore.
The defence ministry said 10 helicopters will be for the Indian Air Force and five will be for the Indian Army. Light Combat Helicopter Limited Series Production (LSP) is an indigenously developed combat helicopter containing around 45 per cent indigenous content by value, developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

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The Finance Ministry announced that the Union government is looking to raise Rs 8.45 lakh crore through borrowings in the first half of 2022-23.
The borrowing is set to be made to fund the revenue gap for reviving the economy. Out of the market borrowing of Rs 14.31 lakh crore estimated for the next financial year, Rs 8.45 lakh crore is planned to be borrowed in the first half or April-September period.

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The plenary body of Chile’s Constitutional Convention formally approved the Rights of Nature within its proposed constitutional text.
The Chilean people will now vote on the final version. After the vote, Chile could become the second such country in the world besides Ecuador.

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‘Chamundi Hills’ is a popular tourist destination of Karnataka. A new Ropeway project to Chamundi Hills was announced in the State budget for 2022-23 by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
However, experts and public oppose the proposed ropeway project to Chamundi Hills as they see several environmental risks in the project.

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Ministry of Finance oversees the ‘Stand Up India Scheme’, which aims to promote entrepreneurship among women, Scheduled Castes (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories, to help them in starting a Greenfield enterprise.
The scheme has completed six years and loans worth more than ₹30,160 crore have been sanctioned in the last six years. Over 1.33 lakh new entrepreneurs have been facilitated and more than 1 lakh women promoters have benefitted from this Scheme during the last six years.

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The Indian government appointed senior Indian Foreign Service officer Vinay Mohan Kwatra as the new Foreign Secretary.
The 1988-batch IFS officer is currently serving as Ambassador in Kathmandu since January 2020. He worked in Prime Minister’s Office from 2015 to 2017 and had served as India’s ambassador to France. Vinay Kwatra will replace the incumbent Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.

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Two Indian musicians were among the winners at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.
Composer Ricky Kej won his second Grammy Award as he won the award for Best New Age Album, jointly with Stewart Copeland for their album ‘Divine Tides’. Indian-American singer-songwriter Falguni Shah, called as Falu won in the Best Children’s Music Album category for her album ‘A Colorful World’.